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England Athletics Marathon championships 2018

This Sunday sees thousands of runners taking to the streets of London for the Virgin Money London Marathon. The event also incorporates the England Athletics Marathon championships for both individual and team medals for men and women. We wish everyone taking part the best of luck and to heed the hot weather warnings and prepare accordingly.

Individual championships

  • Individuals are allowed to wear any vest under IAAF rules in the individual championships. Registered athletes do not have to wear a club vest to be eligible for the England Athletics Marathon individual Championship.
  • Athletes must be English and registered with England Athletics (or their home country association) to be eligible to compete in the England Athletics Championships.
  • The top fastest three times by a registered athlete fulfilling these requirements will take the podium positions.

Team championships

  • Team scoring for the England Athletics Men’s and Women's Championship races will be based on the cumulative times for their first three runners.
  • Team athletes will only be accepted for the Team competition and eligible to score for their club if they are registered with England Athletics
  • Foreign athletes must be registered as such by their English club to be eligible for team awards
  • Any athletes wishing to be eligible for a team award MUST be wearing the vest of their First Claim UK affiliated club (UKA Rule 17.2).
  • In team or relay races all competitors must wear registered vests of the same design and colour of the team they are representing (Rule 143).
  • Men’s team athletes will only be accepted for the Team competition and eligible to score for their club if they are registered with England Athletics and listed as an Elite athlete or on the entry list as a Championship entry on the London Marathon entry system on the day of competition.
  • Women’s team athletes will only be accepted for the Team competition and eligible to score for their club if they are registered with England Athletics and on the entry list as a Championship entry on the London Marathon entry system on the day of competition (elite start athletes not included due to different start time).
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